dinner (noun)
1dinner — noun 1 main meal of the day ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, excellent, good, gourmet (esp. AmE), slap up (BrE, informal), sumptuous ▪ We were treated to an excellent dinner with every kind of seafood imaginable …
2dinner — ► NOUN 1) the main meal of the day, taken either around midday or in the evening. 2) a formal evening meal. ORIGIN Old French disner to dine (used as a noun) …
3dinner lady — noun A woman who cooks and/or serves meals in a school canteen • • • Main Entry: ↑dinner * * * dinner lady UK US noun [countable] [singular dinner lady plural dinn …
4dinner party — noun a party of people assembled to have dinner together (Freq. 1) guests should never be late to a dinner party • Syn: ↑dinner • Derivationally related forms: ↑dine (for: ↑dinner) …
5dinner table — noun the dining table where dinner is served and eaten • Hypernyms: ↑dining table, ↑board • Part Meronyms: ↑leaf * * * ˈdinner table f91 [dinner table dinner tables] …
6dinner bucket — noun a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner • Syn: ↑dinner pail • Hypernyms: ↑bucket, ↑pail * * * noun see dinner pail * * * dinner bucket, = dinner pail. (Cf. ↑ …
7dinner plate — noun a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal • Hypernyms: ↑plate * * * noun : a large plate usually 10 inches in diameter used for the main course of a meal * * * a plate for holding an individual serving of the main… …
8dinner service — noun a table service for serving dinner • Syn: ↑dinner set • Hypernyms: ↑service, ↑table service * * * ˈdinner service [dinner service dinner services] …
9dinner set — noun a table service for serving dinner • Syn: ↑dinner service • Hypernyms: ↑service, ↑table service * * * dinner service or dinner set noun A complete set of plates and dishes for a company at dinner • • • M …
10dinner theater — noun a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission • Syn: ↑dinner theatre • Hypernyms: ↑theater, ↑theatre, ↑house * * * noun, pl ⋯ aters [count] US : a restaurant in which a play is presented after the meal is over * * * ˈdinner …
